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Granite Mansion

Coordinates: 39°41′11″N 75°45′50″W / 39.686336°N 75.763793°W / 39.686336; -75.763793
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Granite Mansion
Granite Mansion property, December 2010
Granite Mansion is located in Delaware
Granite Mansion
Granite Mansion is located in the United States
Granite Mansion
Location292 W. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°41′11″N 75°45′50″W / 39.686336°N 75.763793°W / 39.686336; -75.763793
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1844 (1844)
ArchitectJohnson, Isaac; Multiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSNewark MRA
NRHP reference No.83001394[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1983

Granite Mansion was a historic home located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1844, and was a three-story, three-bay, cubic stuccoed stone building with a flat roof in the Greek Revival style. It had a rear kitchen wing. The house was renovated in 1924 in the Neoclassical style, to add a two-tiered Corinthian porch on the east elevation and a Doric Porte-Cochere on the west elevation. Also on the property were a small stuccoed spring house and one-and-a-half-story frame and stucco building dated to 1924.[2] The house has been demolished and the property occupied by the First Presbyterian Church of Newark.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Granite Mansion". National Park Service. Accompanying three photos. Retrieved April 20, 2010.